Vann Sina

Thank you for your loan. It has been disbursed to Vann Sina by CREDIT MFI -- World Relief in Cambodia. We are excited to watch this business grow. Over the next 18 - 24 months, CREDIT MFI -- World Relief will be collecting repayments from this entrepreneur and posting progress updates on the Kiva website.

Vann Sina has been selling Khmer noodles in Phnom Penh for years and even before that when she still lived in her home province of Kandal. Her household includes her husband, her four children, and her husband’s elderly mother as well. She first found out about CREDIT through a CREDIT staff member. She had never taken out loans before but since investigating CREDIT’s low interest rates has taken out two. Her most recent loan was applied towards buying fruit and plates to use at her Khmer noodle shop. Noodle shops like hers are an integral part of casual Khmer culture. They are run like small street side restaurants serving as gathering places for friends before and after work. She reports she now earns around 20 US$ per day with total sales. This additional income will mostly be put towards her children’s education. She says all in all business has been good and only occasionally slow. There have been a few months where she has been late to repay her loan but is still making progress. She reports that once this loan is finished she will consider another loan to further expand her shop.